Cotton picking machine



April 13, 1937.

J. D. RUST Er AL 2,076,598

COTTON PICKING MACHINE Filed April 22, 1955 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 www April 13, 1937. J. D, RUST ET A1. 2,076,598

` COTTON PICKING MACHINE Filed April 22, 193s :s sheets-sheet 2 April 13, 1937. J, D RUS-r Er AL 2,076,598

COTTON PICKING MACHINE Filed April 22, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 j] .9 3 a /o 5 f8 mi J4 3mm JUAN lZ/usf .MHD/LEEME# Patented Api'- 13. '1937 j )UNITED .mm n. 'an enum; n. am. Mannini.' Tenn.

N\\II '1e object 'of this invention is toprovide -certain new and useful improvements inthe cotton picking machines of thev type disclosed in our Lettersv Patent No. 1,894,198, issuedrJanuary 10,. 1933-, and it especially has for its object to provide the picking mechanism with a rain-prooiv housing having quickly removable lids to enable one to have instant access to the interior ofthe housing should occasion require. .With the foregoing and other objects in mind, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the elements hereinafter disv closed, it being understood that modifications lmay be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Whereas in the present drawings the features of novelty over machines disclosed in the aforesaid Letters Patent No. 1,894,198 are emphasized. it will be understood that a main carrying structure including mounting means and driving means will be employed, as for instance the structure shown in Figure 1 in Letters Patent No. 1,894,198.

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Figure 1 is a plan view of a singley row machine or a unit of a double row machine, with mounting means and conveyor driving means omitted.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same with theo cover plates removed, parts being broken away and other parts being shown in cross section.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross section on the line 3-3 o1' Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical cross section on the line 4 4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a vertical section approximately on line 5-5 of Figure 2. Figure 6 is a side elevation of a portion of a cotton picker embodying the invention in a somewhat modiiied form, parts being shown broken away.

The present application is a continuation in part of our application Serial No. 723,423. iiled May 1, 1934. which in turn is a substitute for our application SerialNo. 531,812, illed April 12, 1931. 'I 'he cotton picking mechanism per se, as-well as the general structure of the housing herein disclosed in .said application SerialNo. 723,423.

shown and described.' may be the same as that 5s mechanism herein shown and described and il-4 Appueautn april zz', i935, semina. y'11,733'

l l (cigar-4o)` t lustrated in the-accompanying drawings, save inv so tar as that mechanism is sp'eclilcally set forth lin the claim.

With the aboveclearly understood, reference is'nowmade to the accompanying drawings in 5 which like numerals and letters of reference indi- Vcatelike parts in all of the figures. The housing includes a suitable `framework composed of upper longitudinal angle bars i and 2 connected by transverse angle bars 5; vertical angle irons 10 I6 and 29, and lower longitudinal angle bars 24 are also included as a part of the frame.

Secured to the cross angle bars 5 are channel plates 3 which have upstanding flanges 4. The plates 3 serve as transverse gutters to deflect 15 rain-water to and over the sides of the housing. The plates also serve to sustain in part the quickly detachable or removable covers 6, 1, 8, and 9 respectively.

The cover 9 which is held over the rear por- 20 tion of the machine, is provided with a hole for the passage of the conveyor drive shaft 30, and the hole is surrounded by a iiange I0 which defiects water and prevents itv from entering the hole. The several cover plates in the iirst em- 25 bodiment of the invention, have inverted U shaped anges il to yoverlie and receive the anges 4 oi the channel `plates 3.

- .'Ilhe housing also-comprises the side walls I2 and'l3, the bottom Il; the rear wall I1, and the 30 i iront wall IB. A portion of the side wall i3 which is carried by the angle irons i6 may be pivoted at I5 so as to be swung outwardly when desired.

The picking mechanism proper includes the 35 upper and lower .endless conveyor chains I9 which pass around suitable sprockets 3l on lBefore entering the plants the spindles arel moistened by a suitablev spindle moistening` device 22. The swingable portion of vthe side wall 45 I3 Ahas plates or fins 33 between which the free -ends of the spindles are passed in order to insure the full passage of the spindles intol and through 'the plants and to insure that the cotton is gathered well up along the spindles.

. Suitable stalk g'uidesa2'l are provided to restrain the plants against following the spindles as they leave the tunnel-way and pass to thev stripping side of the machine where 'the cotton 'isremoved from the spindles by suitable strip- 55 l0 in the providing of 'a rain-proof `housing for a` cotton pickingv mechanism ofthe general'- type disclosed.

In Figure 6 we have shown a somewhat mpdi-` ed construction loi' removable covers. Inthisem- `lli bodiment of the invention the end covers 8a andy 8a have simple flanges Ila to ilt over, the channel plate flanges 4. Other .modincations may be made withoutxdeparting from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim. i 20 All lids may be' of ,the type of 6a and la, if desired.v In either `case the lids or covers, together vwith the channel plates l. will serve. as

effective water sheds and will prevent rain from getting into the housingto damage the stripping- 25.mechanism or to interfere with theproper operv ation thereof. Were notam-proof housing employed. the spindles in rainy weather might bea,ovs,sss n t ,Y i

`come too moistand thereby reduce the'emciency of the, machine.'`v` This sdvantage'of-providing a rain-proof housing is in addition -to the musi advantage obtained by preventing rain from getting at parts which ordinarily would rust under the influence of rain and moisture;v

From the foregoing dcription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the construction and advantages oi the'invention will lbe* cle'arrto those skilled in the art.

What we claim is: t n A cotton picking machine comprising a himsing having side-,and end walls, the en'd walls having-openings for the passage of plants into and vout'oi the'housins. Said housing including tram-y versie` channel` plates at the top spaced apart in' thev longitudinal direction of the machine A,and

removable lids bridsing thespaces between said;4 channel plates and having anges to overlietheV langes of the channel plates, mdehannel pmu functioning as gutters to deiiect watertoand over. the side -wallsot the machine. andy a cotton picking mechanism located withinthe'housing.

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